Work
Power
Vocabulary
Simple Machines
Levers
100

 SI Unit for Work?

What is Joule

100

 SI Unit for Power

What is Watt

100

A machine made of more than 1 simple machine

What is compound machine

100

A device that makes doing work easier 

What is simple machine

100

Seesaw

What is a first class lever

200

 Formula for Work?

What is W = Force x Distance

200

 Formula for Power

What is P = W/T

200

Fulcrum in the middle

What is first class lever

200

A bar that is free to pivot about a fixed point

What is a lever

200

Changes direction of force

What is first class lever

300

Transfer of energy through motion

What is work

300

Rate at which work is done

What is Power

300

A combination of fixed and movable pulley's

What is block and tackle

300

grooved wheel with a rope or chain running along the grove

What is a pulley

300

bat

What is a third class lever

400

Force exerted through a distance

What is work

400

How much power is used to do 375 J of work in 15 seconds?

What is P = 25W

400

machine, contraption, invention, device, or apparatus is a deliberately over-engineered or overdone machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction.

Who is Rube Golberg

400

combination of fixed and movable pulleys

What is block and tackle

400

output or resistance is in the middle

Second class lever

500

Brett's backpack weighs 30 N.  How much work is done on the backpack when he lifts it 1.5 m from the floor to his back?

W = 45 J

500

25 W of power is used to do 450 J of work.  How long did it take to do the work?

What is T = 18s

500

the percentage of in the input work that is converted to output work

Efficiency

500

ex.  Axe, knife

What is a wedge

500

ex.  Wheelbarrow

What is second class lever

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